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Show 2D j he Salt Lake Tribune, -- Sunday, February 2, ... 1986 Late Jumper Catapults Idaho State Past Weber neath the basket hit the bottom of the ' by Huy Herbal Tribune Sports Writer Mike Graefe, who IQCATKLLO scored only two previous points through .39 minutes and 56 seconds canned a jumper from the left angle with lour seconds left to propel Idaho State to d breathtaking victory over Weber State here Saturday night. It was a heated game of hard defense and forced turnovers, and Graefe became a hero only after Donn Holston failed to hit a from the corner with eight seconds. Graefe got the ball and shot it back In. The Winning hoop was only the second of the night for the littie guard. Weber State had a chance at a w inning basket at the horn when two passes came to Curtis Webster, shot from under whose . rim. Webster reconstructed wild scenario. ! We were in the final our special press of- fense with me and Alan Campbell breaking up court. he said. 'Darryl McDaniel got the ball in backcourt and saw Alan open in frontcoiirt about 35 feet from the basket. Alan took the pass, turned and fired up the shot. I saw that it was going to be 59-5- short and ran to the spot under the basket where I thought the ball would come down. "I jumped in the air and turned to look over my shoulder for the hoop and, while still in the air, took the shot." Weber Coach Larry silver lining played well e in defeat Farmer saw in a that his team "J thought we did a good job on defense and we played well again as a team," added Farmer, who is beginning to find out just hpw tough the Big Sky Conference can be. "This is a tough league and this is a tough place to play. They have great fans and they get after you pretty good. It's a little different with the backdrop the Minidome). But it's a great place to play and this really is a tough league." The victory moved ISU to ) in the league. ISU has not lost at home. Weber is now 4 and awaits two more road games next weekendHolston led ail scorers with 21 points. 13 coming in the second hall. Walt Tyler had 17 and Harry Willis scored 13 to pace Weber State. ISU failed to convert a key possession when, with 1:09 left, Weber's 5-- 3-- - Webster forced a turnover. Weber then took possession and began to milk the clock. ISU knocked the ball out of bounds with 41 seconds left in the game and 10 left on the shot clock. Weber got to one second left on the clock and Beach took a jumper. But before the ball left his hand he was called for traveling. Fenner tried to explain hie strate-- , gy in the final 41 seconds when his team had juat 11 seconds remaining on the shot clock, After the timeout, we tried to set up e screen for Alan Campbell) but ISU pressured us pretty well. We got the ball In Beech's hand and thats not a bad place because Guy can create situations and still get off a shot However, the officials claim he traveled. We felt we had a chance for a shot or a rebound in that situation, but it didn't go our way. Then Idaho State came down court for the dramatic final seconds. ISU had its chance with 22 seconds left and the Bengals called time. Weber State worked up a four-poilead when the offense began looking inside to Willis, whose three Straight baskets put the Wildcats up ISU came back behind Gaitor and . Holston, the Utter hitting a three-poishot at the 7:21 mark to put ISU up by one, Webster tossed in a Short jumper and Beach hit two free throws and With Tyler and DarWeber led ryl McDaniel scoring off the fast break. Weber took 1U biggest lead. with four minutes remaining. ISU called a timeout and the rest helped the Bengals. Bruce Gaitor made two from the - 41-4- nt 49-4- 1. , 9. 56-5- line and Holston canned yet another, r to pull Idaho State within Tyler answered for Weber, but Gaitor scored from the line again, and with 2:24 left in the game, 7 The Weber's lead was one, Wildcats then threw the ball out of bounds but ISU failed to score. Weber lost a fast break opportunity when Campbell missed a layup and Beach protested to an official that his teamt mate was fouled. three-pointe- 56-5- 58-5- After a timeout, the game came down to the final 90 seconds. The Bengals couldnt buy a hoop at the outset of the second half. Weber didn't tear it up, either. But after five minutes of wild action, the Wildcats . Both regained the lead at the defense a man teams played tight first half and the closeness of the score reflected that determination. College Basketball Hokies Humble No. 2 Memphis Tribune Wire Services (foach Charlie Moir of Virginia Tefh said his team did a lot for its reputation Saturday by handing -ranked Memphis Slate its first defeat of the season. 2 The Hokies' win over the last of the major unbeaten teams probably? also did a lot for North Carolina. Memphis State, which had won 20 in e row, entered the game with a chance to move up to No.l after the Tar Heels suffered its first loss Thursday night to Virginia. Bu) Dell Currv scored 28 points as the Hokies avenged a 22 point loss to the Tigers in Memphis Mondaynight. "It'sra great game for our program, "psaid, Moir. "I guess we put North Carolina in the No. 1 position." "It was a shame to lose our winning streak, uid Memphis State Coach Danj Klrk. But the possibility of being ranked No. 1 didn't affect us. He said before the game, though, that if his team beat Virginia Tech, it deserved to move up to the top of the rankings. Virginia Tech moved to a second half lead, then held off a late charge by the Tigers, who could have tied it with eight seconds left on a missed jumper by Dwight Boyd. "Wa4eit pretty confident when we were ipc by 10. but we knew they would' make a run because good teams do." said Curry. But when they got it down to two points we just told ourselves to pull together and we dtd.'V.! That it came just five days after 1 that thrashing made the win was particulary sweet for Virginia second- 76-7- top-ranke-d 16th-ranke- d ' 83-6- Tech. "We we could play with Memphis State and we knew we werent Ihat bad a team when w e got beat by 22 points, said Curry, who was held to 12 points Monday night. after a Memphis State led first half that featured five ties and 14 lead changes. But Virginia Tech scored" Jhe first six points after to take a lead on a pair ot free throws by Bobby Beecher wetih (6:52 to play. "Ueijust couldn't get over the hump fsaid Kirk. "1 thought we d get back irfto the game in the second half. I bought they handled our pressure knew 36-3- 5 inter-nnssio- 41-3- 6 1 well. ij 1 in the Memphis State is , Metro Conference. Virginia Tech is in the now 18-- 4 overall and 20-1- 5-- 4-- 2 conference. N. Carolina 85, Clemson 67: At Chapel Hill, Brad Daugherty scored 2t points and Kenny Smith added 16 d North Carolina pulled as away from Clemson for an Atlantic Coast Conference victory. The Tar 1 in the Heels improved to 22-ACC, leaving them tied for first place with Georgia Tech pending Tuesdays meeting between the two teemas in Atlanta. North' Carolina, which shot 60.7 percent in the first half, kept up the pace at 59.3 percent in the second period, stretching ts lead to 2 on Jeff Lebo's jumper at the 5:03 mark. Hale finished with 14 points, hitting six of seven from the floor, while Joe Wolf hit All four of his field goal attempts for 11 points. Lebo added 10 for the Tar Heels. 6-- 70-5- Kansai 64, 50: At Law- te rence, Danny Manning scored 16 points and Greg Dreiling had 14, including 12 in the second half, as fourth-ranke- d Kansas posted a Big Fight victory over Kansas State. The underdog Wildcats, riding an emotional wave after Thursday night's unexpected announcement of Coach Jack Hartman's pending retirement, managed to stay close until the early minutes of the second half. The Dreiling, with a big height advantage over Kansas States Ron Meyer, helped the Jayhawks pull halftime lead and away from a bring their record to 20-- 3 overall and in the conference. 30-2- 7 5-- 1 Duke 68, Wake Forest 58: At Greensboro, forward Mark Alarie d Duke scored 20 points as defeated Wake Forest in an Atlantic Coast Conference game. Duke upped its record to 20-- overall and 2 in the ACC the earliest the Blue Devils have won 20 games in a season. and 0 in Wake Forest fell to 5 losing its ninth straight. Wake Forest was led by Rod Watson's 14 points. fifth-ranke- 7-- 2 United Press inter notional Virginia Techi Bobby Beecher (arm raised) and Keith CoL (right) touch off big celebration with teamates after one point in a 22-- 7 run that saw the Sooners come from a 0 deficit to take 6 lead with 6:19 remaining. Oklahoma never trailed again. The Sooners. winning for the 45th consecutive time at home, improved to 20-- 1 overall and 1 in the Big Eight. Missouri dropped to 17-- 8 and Michigan 91, Wisconsin 64: At Ann Arbor, center Roy Tarpley 27 points and scored a season-hig- h Michigan's entire starting lineup d scored in double figures as the Wolverines crushed Wisconsin. Michigan. 19-- 2 overall and 2 in the Big Ten, led from start to finish as an aggressive Wolverine defense throttled the Badgers. Michigan took a 15-- lead with 13:46 remaining in the first half, stretched the margin to 2 with 8:08 left and then went on a 15-- 2 tear to break the game wide open, Wisconsin fell to 10-- and 59-5- 72-6- 5-- 4-- ninth-ranke- 7-- 4 25-1- Oklahoma Missouri 84: At Norman. David Johnson scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half as 88, Oklahoma overcame a nine-poideficit to beat Missouri in a Big Eight Conference game. John10 in a row at son scored 14 points sixth-ranke- 40-1- 2-- 7. 9 d Syracuse 68, St. John's 64: At Syracuse, senior Rafael Addison scored a 23 points and game-higllth-ranke- d h Syracuse hit 10 free throws during a 2:15 stretch late in the game to defeat St. Johns. Addison scored 15 points in the second half and the Orangemen held off a late seventh-ranke- d surge by the visitors to gain sole possession of first place in the Big East Conference with an 1 record and a 17-- 2 overall mark before 32.165 fans in the Carrier Dome. The Redmen fell in the conference and 20-- 3 to overall. 1-- 2 Bradley 54, Tulsa 51: At Tulsa. center Mike Williams scored 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to d lead Bradley to a Missouri Valley Conference win over Tulsa. The win was Bradleys 13 consecutive victory and gives the Braves a 22-- 1 record overall, 0 in the Valley. Tulsa fell to 16-- 5 overall and 3 in conference play. Guard Hersey Hawkins contributed 14 points to Bradley's winning effort 13th-ranke- 9-- 6-- Notre Dame 72, Marquette 7(k At South Bend, Tim Kempton sealed a i I their 2 Metro Conference win over the previously beaten Memphis State Tigers Saturday at Blacksburg, Va. 76-7- un-be- Notre Dame victory with three free throws late in overtime and Tim Dolan came off the bench to score a care22 points as the No. 14 Irish er-high beat Marquette. Dolan took the game 0 when he into overtime at grabbed an offensive rebound of Donald Royal's missed shot and scored at the buzzer. 60-6- In the overtime. Kempton put the with Irish ahead for good, 1:07 remaining when he hit the front 69-6- 14-- 3 Scott Hicks end of a grabbed the offensive rebound when Kempton missed the second, and Marquette's Tom Copa fouled David Rivers as he drove down the middle. Rivers hit the first of his and the Warriors Michael "Pop Sims then fouled Kempton. Kempton hit both free throws and Marquettes Kevin Johnson took the ball and drove in for an uncontested layup for Marquette, 12-Louisville 91, UCLA 72: At Louisville, Milt Wagner scored 20 points to e. rt lead five Louisville players in double d Cardinals figures as the dominated in the second half enroute to a victory over UCLA. Louisville, without head coach Denny Crum who was home with the flu, upped its reUCLA dropped to cord to 13-Crum kept in contact with his three assistant coaches via a telephone hookup to the Louisville bench. Reggie Miller topped UCLA with 25 18th-ranke- 9-- 8. points. Indiana 62, Minnesota 54: At Min- neapolis, Ricky Calloway scored 21 points, Steve Alford 18 and Daryl Thomas 15. as Indiana second-hal- f rallied from an 0 deficit with a game-endin- g spree to overtake Minnesota in a Big Ten game. Minnesota, and was playing its second game Since sexual assault charges against three players and suspensions for team violations against two others reduced the its roster of scholarship players to 15th-ranke- d 29-1- 14-- 8 4-- 5. six Smith, Hardaway Fuel UTEP Victory Tribune Wire Services Juden Smith and Tim Hardaway-lea second-hal- f surge that helped Texas-E- l Paso shake off persistent New Mexico for a Western Athletic Conference ?ry Saturday. at the half, UTEP led by only but Hardaway's steal triggered a run that built the Miners' lead to 10 points, and he fueled another rally in the game's closing stages to put the game out of reach. "I dont usually single one guy out. but I thought Tim Hardaway did a great job," UTEP Coach Don Haskins said "It was a tough ball game. said Haskins, whose Miners improved to in the Western overall and Athletic Conference. "New Mexico always comes to play." Tne Lobos dropped to 13-- for the in the WAC. season and "In the second half, they had a spurt." said the Lobos' Johnny Brown, who scored 15 points for the game. "That was the turning point of the game. And we missed a few throws." Kelvin Scarborough topped the Lobos with 18 points. 19th-ranke- d H-5- 4 27-2- 5 18-- 3 2 8 WAC, PCAA, Big Sky Roundup 8 halftime lead. Leckner and Dembo each scored two quick baskets early in the second half to help Wyoming open up a 9 lead with 10:01 left in the game. From there. Ram center Rich Strong started a Colorado State comeback, and with one minute left, he flipped in a basket to pull the Rams w ithin two points at Leckner finished with 19 points to lead Wyoming in scoring. Les Bolden added 14 points for the Cowboys, inperformance from cluding an boys open up a 38-2- 62-4- line. wound up with 21 points and Strong the free-thro- eight rebounds. The win lifted the Cowboys to 2 in the WAC and 12-- overall. The loss and dropped the Rams to 8-- 8 6 game-winne- Colorado State. After David Turcotte finished a dramatic Ram comeback with a jumper to pull Colorado State Into a tie with 28 seconds left. Dembo r collected Les Bolden's missed to score the winning basket. Dembo, along with Eric Leckner's 14 first-hal- f points, helped the Cow 66-6- eight-foote- Strong in fight for loose ball during Cowboys GR-fi- WAC win. A Air Force 62, Hawaii 46: At Air Force, Jim Gulsvig scored a game-hig- h 12 points and Maurice McDonald and Rob Marr added 10 apiece to lead the Falcons past Hawaii. in Air Force, which moved to the WAC and overall, scored the first nine points, including six from Marr. and held the Rainbow Warriors without a point for the first 4.32 of the game. PCAA 8 New Mexico SL 71, UCSB 67: At Las Cruces. Kenny Travis stored a 32 points Saturday night, career-higshots to lead hitting (our three-poin- t New Mexico Stale to a PCAA victory over Barbara Travis, who was joined in double figures by Gilbert Wilburn with 19. Connected on both ends of a t two-sho- 11-1- Big Sky Conference 69-6- Pierre Smith added 11 points for New Mexico State, which led halftime and shot field. 56 36-3- 2 at percent from the 66-6- 4 Wyoming 68, CSU 66: At Fort Collins. Fennts Dembo grabbed a rebound on a missed Cow boy jump shot r with and dropped in the two seconds left to lift Wyoming past foul with two seconds left to ice the triumph for the Aggies. With 11 seconds left. Wilburn hit both ends of a to put the Aggies up Beach made only four of their 22 floor shots. Henry Turner added'16 points and had nine rebounds for Fullerton, which is now 6 in PCAA play and 1 overall. Pacific 63, Rich Fresno St. 52: At Stockton. Anema scored 21 points and also led Pacific's strong rebounding effort as the Tigers beat Fresno State. Pacific beat Fresno for the first e time since 1983, breaking a losing streak against the Bulldogs. The Tigers outrebounded Fresno with Anema. the UOP renter, grabbing 11 rebounds. Fresno was down by 10 points at halftime and by 12 early in the second half. Pacific led by only four points. with 2:37 remaining but out the rest of the scored the visitors way, with forward Domingo Rosario slamming down two dunk shots on fastbreaks. Rosario finished witn 19 points. in the conPacific improved to for all games. Fresference and no State, which got 22 points and eight rebounds from center Brian Salone. 43-2- 55-5- 1 6 0 fell to 5-- 5 and 12-- N. Arizona 72, Idaho 70: At Flagstaff, Andre Spencer scored four of his 18 points in overtime as Northern Arizona University beat Idaho. The visiting Vandals forced the on Barry Heads overtime at goal with 28 seconds left and Teddy Noel s free throws with 12 seconds to go in regulation. The Lumnerjacks victory improved their record to 16-- overall and in the Big Sky standings. Andy Hurd finished with 19 points and including four goals David Duane had 17 points for Northern Arizona, which is 13-- at home this season and off to its best start since entering the league in 1970 62-6- 2 4 1 - 0 Montana 88, Montana St, 74: At Missoula. Larry Krystkowiak scored a career-hig36 points and pulled down 15 rebounds as Montana held off stubborn Montana State. Krystkowiak scored 20 of his points in the first half and Montana slowly built a lead, which the Grizzlies held at the half, Montana improved its Big Sky reand is 15 6 for the season cord to The Bobcats are and h 49-2- 3-- 4 Fullerton 75, Long Beach 58: At Long Beach, Kerry Boagm scored 19 points Saturday night to lead Fullerton State to a victory over cold shoot ing Long Beach State. The host 49ers connected on only 15 of (heir 54 field goal attempts. In the first half. Long 66, Boise St 60: At Dwyane Randall scored 15 points and David Wood added six in the last 2 a minutes as Nevaila-Renwithstood a late rally to defeat Boise Slate Nevada Reno Reno, o t |
